Spool-clutch for paper-machines



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

.G.. GARCEAU.

SPOOL CLUTCH FOR PAPER MACHINES.

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2 Sheets-Sheet 2. G. GAROEAU.

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81 001, G-LUTGH POE PAPER MAcflmfisf No. 274,483. PatentedMar. 27, 1883.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

GIDEON GAROEAU, OF HOLYOKE, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPOOL-CLUTCH FOR PAPER-MACHINES.

SPEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 274,483, dated March27, 1883.

Application filed April 5, 1882. (No model.)

To all wit-omit may concern Be it known that I, Grnnon GARCEAU, a

subject of the Queen of Great Britain and resistances ceased and theclutch was loosed.

In my invention the respective clutch-lugs are held firmly together bymeans of a spring-bolt in the clutch-collar, the spur of which entersthe spool-head.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a longitudinal central section of a portionof a paper spool and the spool-head attached upon the reel shaft- (J isthe spoolhead. D is the clutch-collar. E is broken section of thereel-shaft support. F is the set-screw fastening the clutch-collar uponthe reel-shaft. T is the spring-bolt fastening the clutch, and N is thespur of the spring-bolt.

Fig. 2 is a plan of the spool-head, in which G G G G are lugs to be setinto the end of the spool. H H are holes, through which enter the boltsfastening the head to the spool. H H are clutch-lugs upon thespool-head, and O O are holes, into which the spurN of the springboltenters to fasten the clutch.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the spool head, showing the spur of theclutch-lugs H H.

Fig. at is a plan of the clutch collar D, in which is shown V, aninclosure for the protection of the head of the spring-bolt T.

A. B is the spool.

Fig. 5 is an elevation of the clutch-collarD, showing the spurs of theclutch-lugs P P and the spur N of the spring-bolt T.

Fig. 6 is a. perspective view of my invention.

Fig.7 is aplan of the spring-bolt T, of which K is a collar; L, abushing or shoulder supporting the collar. M is the spring, and N a spurto enter the holes 0 0 shown in Fig. 2.

Fig.8 is a perspective view of a section of a paper-reel or machine forreeling paper at the delivery end of a papermachine. The spool B isa.h0llow wooden cylinder, which is slid upon the spindle H, maderemovable for that purpose, and is fastened thereto by my invention.

As seen in Fig.6, which is a perspective view of my invention,thereciprocal lug-clutches P and H are set together, completing the clutch.The spring-bolt Tis seen in position, the spur N being set in the hole,(see Fig. 2,) and the reciprocal clutch-lugs are thereby fastenedtogether, and the spool-head U and collar D can be separated only bydrawing the bolt T.

' \Vhen it is desired to remove the spool, the

springbolt T can be drawn, the clutch lugs K separated, and the spooldrawn fron the shaft.

The superiority of my invention over other clutches heretofore usedconsists in holding the spool more firmly to the siding-collar, and inpreventing the spool from becoming loosed from the siding-collar when,for any cause, the motion of the shaft H is reversed.

I claim as my invention- I In combination with a clutch forpaperspools,therociprocal clutch-lugs and the springbolt, operated asand for the purpose set forth.

cannon GAROEAU.

W'itnesses:

J A. GARGEAU, JOHN J. REARDON.

